Where the Middle Ages Begin
Glamour, money and love affairs Jehan de Saintre and the decline of chivalry Iuliana Ilie, Ancuta MA Thesis in Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest, May (2009) Abstract In Jehan de Saintré, written by Antoine de la Sale in 1456, everyone shows off perfection in a story of a young man becoming a famous knight. The time […]
Blessed John Soreth and Liège: A Collection of Sermons from 1451 Dieterich, D. Henry Fifteenth Century Studies v. 11 (1985) Abstract Not every prophet lives to see his words come true. In the fifteenth century, Savonarola’s “gladius domini super terram cito et velociter” comes to mind, but the peril of French invasion was in view when […]
Portrait painting in the time of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy : 1419-1467 Kenyon, Kathleen Louise Thesis (M.A.)–San Jose State University (1996) Abstract This study examines the development of independent painted portraits during the fifteenth century and the reign of Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy. It serves as an attempt to better understand […]
Immigration and Identity in the Middle Ages : French Immigrants to Constantinople and Greece in the Thirteenth Century Erica Jo Gilles Bulletin du centre d’études médiévales d’Auxerre, Vol. 10 (2006) Abstract After capturing Constantinople in 1204, the Fourth Crusaders established several states in former Byzantine territory. Starting from the captured imperial center, westerners moved into […]
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